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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I have enough information here, and I thank him. We are selling the Kenyan products on the basis of brands and their organic nature, our biodiversity. The Minister for Agriculture was here, and was talking about food insecurity in this country. We have a food deficit because of our poor management. We have food deficits because we do not support our farmers. We have food crisis] because we do not want to invest in the agricultural sector. You have seen in the last three months what is happening in the milk industry. We have banned milk from China and South Africa. We are talking of a country where the environment must be protected. Human health must be protected! I have a problem with this Bill in terms of its enforcement. How do you enforce it? How do you regulate it? Prof. Olweny talked about the civil society; we do not want to become victims of few scientists, who are propelled by the rich international organisations they stand for. The civil society December 2, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3767 has a role to play in this country. They are part of the stakeholders and part of public participation we are talking about. This Biosafety law is a necessary prerequisite to promote biotechnology. When we put this law in place, we will say everything is over. But my question is: How do we use it in a safe and responsible environment? That is very important! I went through the law and it does not give us the best safeguard measures. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Biosafety Bill needs adequate institutional capacity to ensure regulation."
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